章 22: Chapter 22

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After dinner, Izzy insisted on helping to clear the table, and Justin and Lettie helped him while Wyatt ran off to somewhere. Del went to answer another call, which made Justin a bit tense

It couldn’t be easy to know that your lover would leave for months soon. It was obvious how happy and in love they were, and it made something inside Izzy restless in a way that he couldn’t exactly define. It seemed a shame, that was all.

“You could go with him for a while?” he blurted out, making Justin snap his gaze to him.

Then Justin smiled slightly. “I guess so. I just haven’t really…I have so much to do here, you know? The kids could deal of course, but with Wyatt going too, it’d leave Lettie here on her own since she’s got school.”

Lettie huffed. “I’m not a kid, Justin.”

“I know you’re not, but still. Leaving the business too, even for a week or two…”

Izzy wondered if Justin knew he’d said “if” Wyatt goes and how much he actually sounded like he wanted to go for a bit himself.